World braces for Trump victory with far-reaching consequences
Tuesday’s presidential vote will have a profound impact on Europe, Russia, Ukraine, the Middle East, Latin America, and China
Israel strikes Iran as payback for missile attack, risking escalation of Mideast wars
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This is the first time Israel’s military has openly attacked the country. The airstrikes risk pushing the archenemies closer to all-out war at a time of spiraling violence across the Middle East
How the Houthis gained prominence in the Middle East conflict
Attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea and against Israel strengthen the Yemeni rebels’ regional alliance with Iran, partly offsetting the setbacks suffered by Hamas and Hezbollah
Luis Moreno Ocampo, first prosecutor of the ICC: ‘Israel is using the United States. Its impotence over Gaza is absolute’
The Argentine lawyer talks to EL PAÍS about Biden’s inability to influence Netanyahu, the need for a model that pursues justice, not war, and why Europe should negotiate with Putin to end the conflict in Ukraine
Hardline wing of Iranian regime pushes for Tehran to equip itself with atomic weapons
The threat of a major Israeli attack is fueling debate over changing the country’s military doctrine, which bans such devices
Israel charges ahead unstopped as US warnings go unheeded
The Netanyahu government seeks to eliminate Hamas and Hezbollah and establish a new order in the Middle East; however, such a transformation seems unlikely without a fair resolution for the Palestinians
The Middle East, a year of horror with more conflict on the horizon
The anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attacks comes as the region faces its most dangerous moment in decades, awaiting Israel’s retaliation for Iran’s attack and its unforeseeable consequences and while bombs continue to fall on Lebanon, which has taken the spotlight from Gaza
The shadow of Hormuz: Why oil prices are finally reacting to Middle East crisis
Iran’s retaliation for Israeli strikes on Lebanon is raising concerns that the political turmoil could spill over into the crude market
In the rubble of the Hezbollah stronghold bombed by Israel: ‘We have been taking blows and rising up again for centuries’
Dahieh, the once vibrant Shia suburb of the Lebanese capital, is almost empty after thousands of residents fled. Daily Israeli airstrikes are leaving craters, collapsed buildings and damaged sidewalks
Middle East crisis highlights the White House’s diminished ability to exert pressure
Iran’s attack on Israel shatters hopes for a short-term ceasefire or truce
A Trump plan for the Middle East
The Greater Middle East conceived by Bush and his neocons, where democracy was to come from Iraq, is back. But now it is Israel that is doing the dirty work, instead of the US
The Middle East, on the brink of the abyss
Iran’s attack on Israel is the result of an irresponsible drift that seeks to extend the war and must be stopped
Objective: Flee Lebanon by land, sea or air
Up to 180,000 Lebanese and Syrians have crossed into the neighbouring country, which is still at war, in the last week. With hardly any airlines flying and seats at a premium, hundreds of people with means and a Schengen visa are escaping by yacht to Cyprus
Israel threatens to retaliate following missile attack by Iran
The crisis in the Middle East deepens after the invasion of Lebanon and Tehran’s response. Some of the 200 projectiles launched by the Iranian regime hit inhabited areas, which had never happened before
Israel’s extension of the war mobilizes all groups supported by Iran
Militias allied to Hezbollah and Tehran are stepping up their attacks on Israeli and US targets in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen in an attempt to relieve some of the pressure on Lebanon
Netanyahu rejects ceasefire proposal in Lebanon: ‘As long as Hezbollah chooses the path of war, Israel has no choice’
The Israeli prime minister rejected UN dialogue initiatives and lashed out at Iran for sponsoring terrorism in the region from Gaza to Lebanon
Hezbollah, the best armed militia in the world
The military capabilities of the Lebanese fundamentalists are far inferior to Israel, but considerable nonetheless. It has missiles capable of hitting any point in Israeli territory if they get past its sophisticated anti-aircraft defenses
Israel’s offensive in Lebanon: Bombings, evacuations and hundreds of deaths
The attacks of September 22-23 have already caused more fatalities in the country than all the other clashes this year
How did the confrontation between Israel and Lebanon begin? Keys to the historic conflict
For decades, the small Mediterranean country has been a parallel stage in the struggle for control of historic Palestine
Urgency to avoid Iranian retaliation against Israel drives Gaza ceasefire talks
Negotiations resume in Doha on Thursday with the aim of defusing the promised responses from Tehran and Hezbollah to the assassinations of Hamas’ political leader and the Lebanese militia’s number two
FBI investigating alleged Iranian hacking of Trump, Biden and Harris campaigns
The Republican candidate has denounced Tehran’s interference without providing evidence while the agency has been investigating the Democratic team’s communications since June
International diplomacy races to avoid Mideast escalation after assassinations of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders
US State Secretary Antony Blinken urges all parties to avoid any action that could derail ceasefire negotiations in Gaza
Waiting for Iran’s response
Tehran’s brazen assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has fueled fears that the Gaza war could spread to the Middle East
Ismail Haniyeh, the latest in a long line of senior Hamas leaders to be assassinated
The fundamentalist organization, which has not announced who will be installed as its new figurehead, has been replacing political and military leaders killed in Israeli operations inside and outside Palestine for four decades
Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’ top political leader, assassinated in Iran
The Palestinian fundamentalist movement and the Tehran regime accuse Israel, which has not made any official statement on the strike launched early Wednesday
Raisi’s death fuels uncertainty in Iran in the midst of its confrontation with Israel
The regime is now forced to hold a new presidential election and risks seeing a new abstention record that would evidence widespread popular discontent
US monitors developments in Iran as it accelerates a defense pact with Saudi Arabia
The bilateral security agreement with Riyadh is ‘near-final’ according to Washington, which has offered ‘official condolences’ to Tehran for the death of President Raisi in a helicopter crash